Habitat: Open habitats interspersed with brushy shelter.
Description: Small, and slender with a very bushy tail. Color ranges from tan, to grey or reddish. They all have a white tipped tail, and black ears and forelegs.
Size: 90-113cm long, 3.6-5.8kg
Diet: small rodents, rabbits and birds in winter along with bird eggs, fruits, and berries in the summer.
Fun Facts: Foxes are often seen near roads or houses, because their main predator, the coyote, will not follow them there.
Source: Pattie, D. and C. Fisher. 1999. Mammals of Alberta. Lone Pine Publishing.